The Test and the ODI series ended with the scoreline reading 1-1. Will we head towards the same result? For that to happen, the Bangladesh players need to pull up their socks, as they have struggled the most in the shortest format. On the other hand, the islanders will be eager to win this T20I series. A cracking encounter, for one last time awaits us on Thursday. Do join us there. Until then, it's a goodbye from Abhinand Raghavendran, Vineet Anantharaman and Naga. Take care!!

Kusal Perera, Man of the Match: "I tried to finish the game, but couldn't. Had a couple of injuries, recovered and tried to do my best. Every player has a bad patch. We have to trust and back ourselves. We have to win one more match to win the series."

Upul Tharanga: "We played well, like in the last two series. Lasith Malinga is one of the best bowlers in the world at the moment. Kusal played really well. He was out of the team with injury. The way he played was amazing. Malinga shares information with the guys in bowling as batting. He knows what to do. It's a plus for me as a captain. I got a start today, but I need to continue and score big like Kusal Perera did."

Mashrafe Mortaza: "We batted well in the first 6 overs. Lost four wickets in the middle and that wasn't good. Mosaddek and Mahmudullah batted really well to post 155. But, this was a 170 track. Lot of cricket left. Boys have to show their character like they did in the Tests, when we lost the first match."

Sri Lanka go 1-0 up in the 2-match T20I series. 155 was always a tough one to defend, and specially when you don't get wickets upfront, it makes the task even more difficult. Tharanga started off on a positive note and Kusal Perara took his time to settle down. One he got his eye in, there was none stopping him. He was involved in a 65-run opening stand with his skipper that set the tone. Mashrafe Mortaza did strike twice in two overs to pull things back, but that wasn't enough. Prasanna at No. 5 provided a cameo that put off any thoughts of a Bangladesh win. A couple of lusty blows from the leggie and a 53-ball 77 from Kusal Perera helped the hosts register their second win at the R Premadasa Stadium in twelve outings.

18.5

Taskin Ahmed to Thisara Perera, FOUR, Thisara Perera finishes it off in style. He gets a full toss and the southpaw easily lifts it over the bowler's end. One bounce and into the fence

18.4

Taskin Ahmed to Prasanna, 1 run, very full, Prasanna drills it down the ground and gets it just past the bowler and settles for a single

18.3

Taskin Ahmed to Prasanna, SIX, Malinga is jubilant in the dug out. A low full toss and Prasanna tonks it over long-on for a six and the Lankans need just 3 to win

18.2

Taskin Ahmed to Prasanna, no run, a wild swing across the line against this pacy length ball. Misses the ball by some distance

Thisara Perera, left handed bat, comes to the crease

18.1

Taskin Ahmed to Kusal Perera, out Caught by Soumya Sarkar!! In the air and taken! End of a fine knock. The bumper from Taskin Ahmed does the trick. Perera is surprised not just by the length, but by the pace as well. He is in no position to play the pull shot, but still persists with it. Gets a top edge that goes miles in the air and settles into the safe hands of Sarkar who runs across from mid-off. Kusal Perera c Soumya Sarkar b Taskin Ahmed 77(53) [4s-9 6s-1]

Taskin Ahmed to Kusal Perera, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

Taskin Ahmed [2.0-0-22-0] is back into the attack

17.6

Mustafizur to Prasanna, SIX, wow! This will settle the nerves in the Lankan dug-out. Six off the final ball of the over spoils what looked like an excellent over. Prasanna crouches low and launches this fuller length delivery over cow corner for a maximum. Huge hit

Mustafizur to Prasanna, 1 run, full and wide outside off, drilled to long-off

17.3

Mustafizur to Prasanna, no run, slants this across the right-hander. Prasanna swings his bat hard at it and gets beaten by a long way on the outside edge

17.2

Mustafizur to Prasanna, no run, ah! Change of pace from Rahman and Prasanna is completely foxed by it. He looks to ramp it fine and gets beaten as the ball tweaks away past the outside edge

17.1

Mustafizur to Prasanna, no run, Fizz starts with a 136kph low full toss, Prasanna is watchful in his push towards cover

Mustafizur Rahman [2.0-0-16-0] is back into the attack

16.6

Mortaza to Prasanna, 1 run, looks to punch this length delivery and gets it off the inside part of the bat. A single to square leg

16.5

Mortaza to Prasanna, FOUR, Mortaza surprises the batsman with a sharp bouncer. It gets big on Prasanna who goes on with his hook shot. The ball takes the glove and flies over the keeper's head and into the fence

Mortaza to Kusal Perera, FOUR, not off the middle of the bat, but Perera will still collect four for it. Mortaza bangs it short seeing Perera come down. Doesn't get enough lift and Perera goes on with the flat-batted pull. Gets it just wide of the long-on fielder. One bounce into the fence

16.2

Mortaza to Prasanna, 1 run, Mortaza serves width outside off and Prasanna dabs it to short third man for a quick single

16.1

Mortaza to Kusal Perera, 1 run, back of a length delivery wide of off, Perera spanks it through covers

Mashrafe Mortaza [3.0-0-20-2] is back into the attack

15.6

Mohammad Saifuddin to Prasanna, 2 runs, pitched up delivery on middle, Prasanna gets inside the line of the delivery and clips it through mid-wicket

Mohammad Saifuddin to Gunaratne, out Gunaratne Run Out!! Gunaratne survives the lbw call, but is short of his ground. A full toss on middle and Gunaratne failed to lay bat on ball. Loud shout and it was turned down by the umpire. The ball rolls towards cover and Kusal Perera wanted a quick single. Gunaratne is slightly late to respond and thus is short of his crease as Sabbir Rahman from cover attacks the ball and finds the target at the bowler's end. Gunaratne run out (S Rahman) 17(18) [4s-1]

Mohammad Saifuddin to Gunaratne, THAT'S OUT!! Run Out!!

15.2

Mohammad Saifuddin to Kusal Perera, 1 run, dropped! Taskin the culprit. It was bowled full and wide outside off, Perera reaches out for it and slices it with an open bat face and hits it straight to short third man. Taskin bends forward and shells it down

15.1

Mohammad Saifuddin to Kusal Perera, no run, short of length delivery, Perera moves leg-side and slaps it straight to cover

14.6

Shakib to Kusal Perera, 1 run, once again Shakib gives lots of air and Perera eases the drive down to long-off

14.5

Shakib to Gunaratne, 1 run, Shakib tosses it up teasingly outside off, and Gunaratne comes forward and drives along the ground to long-off

14.4

Shakib to Gunaratne, FOUR, shot! That came right off the middle of the bat. Gets low early on one knee and smack the sweep in front of square on the leg-side

14.3

Shakib to Kusal Perera, 1 run, in the air and safe! Perera once again gives the charge and is early to close his bat face on his slog. Gets a leading edge and the ball balloons up. Luckily for him, the ball fell well in front of the cover fielder and Perera sneaks in a run

14.2

Shakib to Kusal Perera, 2 runs, dances down and mistimes the mow across the line. Pouches a double as he found the gap between long-on and deep mid-wicket

14.1

Shakib to Kusal Perera, no run, premeditates the reverse sweep and misses this ball going on with the angle

13.6

Mohammad Saifuddin to Kusal Perera, 1 run, Perera backs away and drives this pitched up delivery down the ground. He didn't go hard at it and settles for a single as it has been mopped up by long-on

Mohammad Saifuddin to Kusal Perera, 1 run, Perera steps out and Saifuddin bangs it in short outside off, Perera adjusts well and guides it through point for a single

13.3

Mohammad Saifuddin to Gunaratne, 1 run, dabs this wide delivery to third man

13.2

Mohammad Saifuddin to Gunaratne, no run, query for lbw and the umpire says there's bat involved. Definite bat. Shortsh ball that doesn't rise as much as Gunaratne anticipated it to. Looks to pull with a swivel and gets an inside tickle onto his box. He crouches down, but luckily no damage there

13.1

Mohammad Saifuddin to Kusal Perera, 1 run, full and wide outside off, Perera drills it off the bottom part of the bat to long-off

Mohammad Saifuddin [1.0-0-10-0] is back into the attack

12.6

Shakib to Gunaratne, no run, short and wide outside off, and Shakib gets away with it as Gunaratne cuts it straight to the backward point fielder

12.5

Shakib to Kusal Perera, 1 run, nudges a length delivery into the on-side with soft hands and hares across to the other end does Perera

12.4

Shakib to Gunaratne, 1 run, this time Shakib offers width and Gunaratne scythes it through point

12.3

Shakib to Gunaratne, no run, ooh! That missed the off-pole by a whisker. Too close to emply the cut shot as it was an arm ball and kept coming in. Beats the horizontal blade of Gunaratne and settles into the keeper's gloves

12.2

Shakib to Kusal Perera, 1 run, angles it across the left-hander from round the wicket, Perera is happy to trek back and punch it down to long-off

12.1

Shakib to Gunaratne, 1 run, jogs down and fetches this delivery from outside off and works it through mid-wicket for an easy single

Shakib Al Hasan [1.0-0-16-0] is back into the attack

11.6

Taskin Ahmed to Gunaratne, 1 run, eye-pleasing shot for just a single. Shortish ball outside off, Gunaratne stands tall and spanks it well in front of square on the off-side

11.5

Taskin Ahmed to Kusal Perera, 1 run, optimistic lbw shout from the bowler. It decked in from a short of length and Perera got an inside edge looking to punch it down the ground. The ball moves towards the leg-side and Perera collects a single

Taskin Ahmed to Kusal Perera, leg byes, 1 run, slower delivery that beats Perera's glance. Off the pad to square leg as the duo nab a leg-bye. It pitched outside leg and hence can't be given out

11.2

Taskin Ahmed to Kusal Perera, FOUR, wow! Exquisite. On the pads and this guy is too good to ignore gifts like that. Whips the length ball well in front of square on the leg-side. It was played uppishly, but in the gap

11.1

Taskin Ahmed to Gunaratne, 1 run, uses the width outside off and runs it down to third man by opening his bat face

Taskin Ahmed [1.0-0-14-0] is back into the attack

10.6

Mosaddek Hossain to Kusal Perera, no run, another appeal for lbw and once again the umpire is not interested. Perera walks down the track and gets an inside edge onto the pad. He wanted to force it towards long-on

10.5

Mosaddek Hossain to Kusal Perera, FOUR, thumping shot! Perera gets down on one knee and smacks the sweep behind square on the leg-side. Stylish way to get to fifty!

10.4

Mosaddek Hossain to Kusal Perera, no run, appeal for lbw, turned down. Arm ball from round the wicket, Perera preempts the reverse sweep and misses it by a long way. The impact was on middle and leg. The angle would have definitely taken it down leg

10.3

Mosaddek Hossain to Gunaratne, 1 run, full and wide of off, Gunaratne leans forward to drive it to sweeper cover

10.2

Mosaddek Hossain to Kusal Perera, 1 run, slightly short, Perera treks back and punches it through the ocvers

10.1

Mosaddek Hossain to Gunaratne, 1 run, starts with a flat delivery, pushed down to long-on for a single

Mosaddek Hossain Saikat, right-arm off break, comes into the attack

9.6

Mahmudullah to Kusal Perera, no run, drifting down leg. Too full for the sweep but Perera commits himself to it. Under-bats it to short fine

9.5

Mahmudullah to Gunaratne, 1 run, tries the leg-spinner. An elegant drive with the spin to long-off follows

9.4

Mahmudullah to Kusal Perera, 1 run, uses the depth of the crease in going back as he knocks it presenting the full bat face in the process

9.3

Mahmudullah to Gunaratne, 1 run, slips out of the palm. Way too short. Swivelled to deep square leg

9.2

Mahmudullah to Kusal Perera, 1 run, a lot slower. Takes all the pace off the ball making Perera wait as he taps it to long-on

9.1

Mahmudullah to Kusal Perera, no run, reverses his grip. But finds the fielder at short third with his sweep

Mahmudullah [1.0-0-2-0] is back into the attack

8.6

Mortaza to Kusal Perera, 1 run, short, wide but instead of cutting it away, Perera decides to pull. And why not. Keeps it all along the carpet to mid-wicket

8.5

Mortaza to Gunaratne, 1 run, gets away from the line and gives himself the space to free his levers in steering it away

Asela Gunaratne, right handed bat, comes to the crease

8.4

Mortaza to Munaweera, out Caught&Bowled!! Very tame. And another cutter does the trick. Follows a moving away Munaweera with a slower one and is happy to pouch the checked chipped drive back. Cramped him up big time and before Munaweera could realize the soft dismissal was on its way. Bangladesh need a few more of these to keep their hopes alive. Munaweera c and b Mortaza 8(6) [4s-1]

Mortaza to Munaweera, THAT'S OUT!! Caught&Bowled!!

8.3

Mortaza to Kusal Perera, 1 run, on middle and leg. A bottom handed fence through point

8.2

Mortaza to Munaweera, 1 run, a walking punch now. Keeps his feet on the move in coming down and shows the leather his maker's name in punhcing it through the covers

8.1

Mortaza to Kusal Perera, 1 run, shows the full bat face in knocking it off the middle through mid-off

7.6

Mohammad Saifuddin to Munaweera, FOUR, cheeky. And equally subtle. Forces Saifuddin to follow him after backing away and just in the nick of time walks inside the line and tickles it behind square. In the land of no inhabitation

7.5

Mohammad Saifuddin to Kusal Perera, 1 run, whacks the pull. Beaten for pace this time with the ball climbing on sharply. A tied up bunt down into the on-side

7.4

Mohammad Saifuddin to Munaweera, 1 run, 134kph, doesn't quite move his feet in attempting a drive away from his body. Guides the outside edge into the gap behind square

7.3

Mohammad Saifuddin to Kusal Perera, 1 run, drags the slower one from well outside off down to long-on

7.2

Mohammad Saifuddin to Kusal Perera, 2 runs, a wide low full toss. Carved away square. Some nice footie skills in the deep to keep it down to a brace. Shakib the man

7.1

Mohammad Saifuddin to Munaweera, 1 run, follows the charging bat with a short one. Has to adjust quickly in getting his bat up with a guide past point

Mohammad Saifuddin, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

6.6

Mortaza to Munaweera, 1 run, gets off with a ramping blade outside his off-pole in imparting it the direction in steering it to third man

Dilshan Munaweera, right handed bat, comes to the crease

6.5

Mortaza to Tharanga, out Caught by Mustafizur!! Finally something for the Men in Green to celebrate. Oh they do not even want to. Such has been this assault. But Tharanga, in his attempt to get away to the other end and watch the action, attempts running a short one down to third man. Just that this time he doesn't manage keeping it down. Spoons off the face to a forward diving Fizz. Tharanga c Mustafizur b Mortaza 24(23) [4s-4]

Mortaza to Tharanga, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

6.4

Mortaza to Kusal Perera, 1 run, a settled polite push down to long-on

6.3

Mortaza to Kusal Perera, FOUR, oh my. Nobody even bothered to move. All bottom hand here. Mortaza looks to change the angle getting one to slant across but Perera just continues with his bat swinging. An extravagant drive flying off the carpet into the cover fence

Mortaza to Tharanga, 1 run, a weaving drive piercing it to the man in the deep at sweeper

Mashrafe Mortaza [1.0-0-6-0] is back into the attack

5.6

Mustafizur to Kusal Perera, FOUR, the change in length, the change in pace but the approcah remains the same. So does the result. Fizz switches to his safer option - the yorker - but Perera clears his front leg and smashes it down the ground

5.5

Mustafizur to Kusal Perera, FOUR, brings up the 50 in some style. This is some wrekage being inflicted out here. Channels his inner Jayasuriya in swivelling and swatting this nothing sitter on the ribs. Was the slower one too to top it

5.4

Mustafizur to Tharanga, 1 run, another really good yorker, flicked away through mid-wicket

5.3

Mustafizur to Tharanga, no run, tempts him with the width. And Tharanga obliges it with a chase. Swings through the line but nowhere close to making contact

5.2

Mustafizur to Kusal Perera, 1 run, full, pacy and right in the blockhole. Perera just about manages getting his bat down in time as he digs it out off the inside half to square leg

5.1

Mustafizur to Tharanga, 1 run, follows him with a stalking yorker. Jammed out with a stab through the off-side

4.6

Shakib to Kusal Perera, FOUR, the runs only keep bleeding. Thanks to the wet ball doing nothing off the track. Perera doesn't let it do a thing through air as well with his backing away and takes on the invite with the flight in his lofted drive with a full swing. Over mid-off

4.5

Shakib to Tharanga, 1 run, a chippy nudge through mid-wicket putting his wrists to good use

4.4

Shakib to Kusal Perera, 1 run, tossed up outside off, brooms it away in front of square, nailing it all along the carpet

4.3

Shakib to Kusal Perera, FOUR, more of the charging. And the hammering. Walks and slaps it past the bowler. The powerplay does the rest

4.2

Shakib to Kusal Perera, SIX, a rank drag down. Perera is not complaining though. A real hit-me delivery and obliged with a shuffle across to tonk it with a ferocious mow

4.1

Shakib to Kusal Perera, no run, sinks and half-pulls, half-sweeps to square leg. A wrong-ended throw follows. Tharanga was almost half way down looking for the single before making his way back home

Shakib Al Hasan, left-arm orthodox, comes into the attack

Five overs, five bowlers. Another rabbit being drawn out of the hat

3.6

Mustafizur to Kusal Perera, 1 run, a drilling drive. But realizes mid-off is right at the edge, thanks to the assault and takes him on

3.5

Mustafizur to Kusal Perera, 2 runs, here comes the cutter. Is early onto his airy slog here as he toe-ends it to deep mid-wicket. Just the lack of timing this powerplay needs to find the gaps

3.4

Mustafizur to Tharanga, 1 run, another full length squeezer. Cannot quite under this one can Tharanga as he manages to dig it out

3.3

Mustafizur to Kusal Perera, leg byes, 1 run, down leg. But cannot cut off the appeal. The optimistic one. Starting from wide of the crease and following the pad after going past the blade on the flick. Shot down by the ump

3.2

Mustafizur to Tharanga, 1 run, 131kph, veering in on middle this time. Knocked down to keep long-on busy

3.1

Mustafizur to Tharanga, no run, 132kph, not the cutter to start off with. A ferocious drive, bullets to mid-off

Mustafizur Rahman, comes into the attack

The Fizz is here. The whole of Hyderabad is watching..

2.6

Mortaza to Tharanga, 1 run, a full bat swing. Hammers it in the form of a pull minus the conviction. But with the placement down to long-on

2.5

Mortaza to Tharanga, FOUR, this time he bisects. Is more than happy being on the move in getting away and slices the drive chipping it in the air piercing the two men around cover. Hardly the timing but enough to trickle it into the fence

2.4

Mortaza to Tharanga, no run, a backing away walk. Tries flaying the slap through extra cover. Finds the man placed there to perfection

2.3

Mortaza to Tharanga, no run, nice tight lines. No room to free the arms this time around. On top of the sticks and all Tharanga can do with it in the end is open up his defence and bunt it out

2.2

Mortaza to Kusal Perera, 1 run, jumps down violently. Flat bats but inside halves it without any momentum past the bowler

2.1

Mortaza to Tharanga, leg byes, 1 run, 128kph, a short of a good length one but on the leg-stumpish line. The lack of connection with the tuck helps snare a leg bye

Mashrafe Mortaza, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

1.6

Taskin Ahmed to Kusal Perera, no run, swing all around. In the air and off the bat. Taskin for a change darts it in full giving the ball ample time to zoom around in the air. Past the wafty drive

1.5

Taskin Ahmed to Tharanga, leg byes, 1 run, on the shorter side once again. Drifting down leg. Is very fortunate that Tharanga doesn't connect with his glance. A lobber off the thigh pad

1.4

Taskin Ahmed to Tharanga, FOUR, the leakage continues. Nothing streaky about this one. The length sits up asking to be smacked and Tharanga responds with a full-blown heave. Just not the start Bangladesh wanted

1.3

Taskin Ahmed to Tharanga, FOUR, a wild swing. 180-degrees on the other side. Wanted to smoke it through mid-wicket with his flat-batted mow, gets the thick top-edge with the ball flying through the vacant slip cordon

1.2

Taskin Ahmed to Tharanga, no run, on a back of a length and steering away. Helped with a dab to point

1.2

Taskin Ahmed to Tharanga, wide, down leg. A wasted effort with the ball sliding well down

1.1

Taskin Ahmed to Tharanga, FOUR, nice sitting up length. Dug in short without any bounce here to play around with. A nice height on the hips and Tharanga helps it along with a swivelling swish. With fine leg inside the circle that is all Tharanga had to do

1.1

Taskin Ahmed to Tharanga, wide, way off target. Half way down and keeps slipping away outside off. Almost cuts the pitch as it goes past the flashy cut to the keeper

Taskin Ahmed, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

0.6

Mahmudullah to Kusal Perera, no run, width. Generous amounts of it. Slapped away to point. A sure miss out of a few free runs here

0.5

Mahmudullah to Tharanga, 1 run, uses the angle coming in with the ball just not turning away as he nurldes it around the corner to get himself off the hook

0.4

Mahmudullah to Tharanga, no run, a delicate turn away with a roll of the wrists. Not in the gap though

0.3

Mahmudullah to Tharanga, no run, too close for comfort. An unwitting cut to an arm ball coming right on and ending up on the top of off. Just about cut away to point. Streaky

0.2

Mahmudullah to Tharanga, no run, grip. Right away. Starts from middle, holds on and goes away. Makes Tharanga hurry and settle for a push out

0.1

Mahmudullah to Kusal Perera, 1 run, strides well inside the crease in getting off and running with a tuck through mid-wicket

Kusal Perera and Tharanga are at the crease. Kusal Perera is on strike. Mahmudullah will open the attack

Looks like Bangladesh are set to start with spin. Off-spin to be more precise. Not a bad ploy with left handers out there to face. A deep mid-wicket and a long-off the two men outside the circle..

Russel Arnold at the pitch report reckoned 175 would be a par-score and Bangladesh fall 20 runs short of it. They were rattled early as Malinga cleaned up Tamim Iqbal in the very second ball of the match. But that didn't stop Soumya Sarkar and Sabbir Rahman from counter-attacking. They went after the bowlers and Bangladesh were 57-1 after five overs. That's when disaster struck as it often does in the form of run-out to stop the momentum. Both the set batsmen were dismissed in the final over of the powerplay. Sri Lanka fought back in the middle overs with their two slow bowlers - Gunaratne and Prasanna - operating in tandem. They dismissed the experienced pair of Shakib and Rahim and kept the scoring rate under control. Mahmudullah and Mosaddek Hossain Saikat were involved in a 57-run stand for the sixth wicket and that helped the visitors to finish on a respectable total. The pitch is definitely batsmen-friendly, but the Bangla bowlers can't be taken for granted. The chase coming up in a short while..

19.6

Kulasekara to Mosaddek Hossain, 1 run, the ball never arrived. 94kph short of length delivery wide of off. Saikat moves across and mistimes the swipe to mid-wicket and collects a single

19.5

Kulasekara to Mortaza, 1 run, right in the blockhole, Mortaza digs it out to cover

19.4

Kulasekara to Mortaza, FOUR, ah! There's the improvisation. The plan was set to bowl full and wide outside off. Mortaza moves across a long way and helps it away wide of short fine and the ball dribbles away into the fence

19.3

Kulasekara to Mosaddek Hossain, 1 run, Kulasekara shortens his length and that has been spanked hard. But once again straight to sweeper cover

19.2

Kulasekara to Mortaza, 1 run, wide yorker, Mortaza jams it with a horizontal blade wide of cover. Good start for Kulasekara, just two singles

19.1

Kulasekara to Mosaddek Hossain, 1 run, Kulasekara starts with a slower ball outside off, Saikat goes hard at it and slashes it wide of point. There is protection in the deep and just a single for Saikat

Nuwan Kulasekara [3.0-0-35-0] is back into the attack

Final over. Kulasekara to bowl it. Can Bangladesh reach 160?

18.6

Malinga to Mosaddek Hossain, 1 run, low full toss that goes for just for a single as Saikat gently clips it in front of square on the on-side

18.5

Malinga to Mosaddek Hossain, 2 runs, carves this pitched up delivery through the cover region and ambles back for the second run

18.4

Malinga to Mosaddek Hossain, no run, 119kph yorker and Saikat is early into his stroke. Misses it completely and the ball misses the leg pole to settle into the keeper's gloves

18.3

Malinga to Mortaza, 1 run, Mortaza exposes all his stumps by backing away and Malinga aims the stumps with a searing in yorker length delivery. Somehow, Mortaza is able to bring his bat down and get an inside tickle that rolls to short fine and Mortaza nabs a run

18.3

Malinga to Mortaza, wide, that slip out of his hand. Dipping full toss down leg. Called as a wide

18.2

Malinga to Mortaza, 2 runs, slow full toss, Mortaza moves leg-side and taps it through mid-wicket

Mashrafe Mortaza, right handed bat, comes to the crease

18.1

Malinga to Mahmudullah, out Bowled!! Mahmudullah persihes to Malinga. Mahmudullah backs away even before the ball is bowled and Malinga follows him with a pacy incoming yorker. Mahmudullah wants to cheekily run it down towards third man and gets an outside edge that cannons onto the middle stump. Mahmudullah b Malinga 31(26) [4s-3]

Malinga to Mahmudullah, THAT'S OUT!! Bowled!!

17.6

Sanjaya to Mosaddek Hossain, FOUR, class shot! Backs away and uses the pace behind this delivery and expertly guides it between short third man and backward point by opening his bat face at the very last instant

17.5

Sanjaya to Mahmudullah, 1 run, low full toss, drilled to long-off

17.4

Sanjaya to Mahmudullah, no run, pacy full ball outside off, Mahmudullah makes room and fails to lay bat on ball. There was a sound when the ball passed by the bat, but that was the bat hitting the ground

17.3

Sanjaya to Mosaddek Hossain, 1 run, slower ball - the back of the hand delivery. Saikat spots it late and all he manages is a mishit to long-on

17.2

Sanjaya to Mahmudullah, 1 run, rank bad ball. Full toss on leg and Sanjaya gets away with it. Mahmudullah gets low and mistimes the sweep to long leg

17.1

Sanjaya to Mosaddek Hossain, 1 run, very full, Saikat drives it to long-on and brings up the 50-run stand

Vikum Sanjaya [3.0-1-16-1] is back into the attack

16.6

Malinga to Mosaddek Hossain, 1 run, another low full toss that goes for just one run as Saikat is watchful as he clips it through square leg and retains strike

16.5

Malinga to Mosaddek Hossain, no run, dot! 136kph and in the blockhole. Saikat moves slightly leg-side and defends it into the strip

16.4

Malinga to Mahmudullah, 1 run, toe-crusher form Malinga. Mahmudullah whips it away to fine leg after shuffling across. Just a single

16.3

Malinga to Mosaddek Hossain, 1 run, low full toss on the pads, meant to be the yorker. Saikat glances it away to deep backward square leg

16.2

Malinga to Mahmudullah, 1 run, fullish on middle, Mahmudullah walks across and wrists it to deep mid-wicket

16.1

Malinga to Mahmudullah, FOUR, Malinga misses his yorker by few inches and gets punished. Half-volley outside off, Mahmudullah prods forward and drills the off-drive superbly. Through the gap and into the deep extra cover fence

Lasith Malinga [2.0-0-23-1] is back into the attack

15.6

Kulasekara to Mosaddek Hossain, FOUR, this time Saikat doesn't miss out. Anticipates the slower one, waits for it to come to him and scythes it away piercing the gap on the off-side between backward point and short third man

15.5

Kulasekara to Mosaddek Hossain, no run, foxes Saikat with this off-pace delivery. Saikat is early into his cut shot and gets beaten on the outside edge

15.4

Kulasekara to Mosaddek Hossain, no run, low full toss outside off and Kulasekara gets away with it. Saikat strokes it straight to backward point by walking forward

Kulasekara to Mahmudullah, FOUR, slower ball from a back of a length. Width on offer as well. Mahmudullah throws the kitchen sink and lofts it between short third man and point. No one in the deep and the ball dribbles away into the fence

15.1

Kulasekara to Mahmudullah, 2 runs, starts with a yorker length delivery and still goes for a double as Mahmudullah brought his angled bat down at the right instant and sent it to deep square

Nuwan Kulasekara [2.0-0-24-0] is back into the attack

14.6

Sanjaya to Mahmudullah, 1 run, full again, clipped to deep mid-wicket. The duo thought of coming back for the second, but decided against it as it was stroked straight to the man in the deep

14.5

Sanjaya to Mahmudullah, 2 runs, Mahmudullah walks down and sends this full ball towards long-on. Good running from Saikat ensures a couple

14.4

Sanjaya to Mosaddek Hossain, 1 run, very full on leg, helped away to deep square leg

14.4

Sanjaya to Mosaddek Hossain, wide, slower delivery down the leg-side. Saikat ignores it to be called as a wide

14.3

Sanjaya to Mosaddek Hossain, 2 runs, good stop by Kapugedara! Saves two more for his team. Full on middle and leg, Saikat clips it through mid-wicket. The timing was good as well. The long-on fielder did really well to cover the distance and chase it down

14.3

Sanjaya to Mosaddek Hossain, wide, pacy delivery, but Sanjaya misses his radar down leg. Past the glance of Saikat and it has been wided

14.2

Sanjaya to Mahmudullah, 1 run, change of pace. The off-cutter, Mahmudullah spots it late and nudges it into the on-side by closing the bat face. Just a single

14.1

Sanjaya to Mosaddek Hossain, 1 run, on the pads, and Hossain glances it away straight to short fine. Sanjaya gets away with that. A direct hit at the bowler's end, but Saikat was well in

Vikum Sanjaya [2.0-1-6-1] is back into the attack

13.6

Prasanna to Mahmudullah, FOUR, brilliant placement. tossed up leggie well outside off, Mahmudullah crouches low and drills it perfectly between long-off and deep extra cover. He went hard and the ball went like a bullet past the rope

13.5

Prasanna to Mosaddek Hossain, 1 run, eases a single down to long-off

13.4

Prasanna to Mahmudullah, leg byes, 1 run, preempts the reverse sweep and misses a full ball. The impact was outside the line of off-stump. Hence the appeal was turned down by the umpire

13.3

Prasanna to Mosaddek Hossain, 1 run, Saikat leans forward and crisply drives a low full toss through the covers

13.2

Prasanna to Mahmudullah, 1 run, Mahmudullah steps out and chips it inside-out. On the bounce to sweeper cover

13.1

Prasanna to Mahmudullah, no run, Prasanna sees the batsman come down and bowls it wide outside off. Mahmudullah has to reach out for that as he pushes it to extra cover

12.6

Gunaratne to Mosaddek Hossain, FOUR, wide outside off and Saikat latches onto it. Waits for the ball and slashes it away wide of point. The timing was good and the ball reached the fence in a hurry

12.5

Gunaratne to Mahmudullah, 1 run, Mahmudullah taps a fullish ball in front of point with soft hands for a quick single

12.4

Gunaratne to Mosaddek Hossain, 1 run, turning in from a good length, Saikat moves leg-side and cuts it to the right of point for a single

Prasanna to Mahmudullah, 1 run, Mahmudullah gets to the pitch of the delivery by stepping out and wrists the drive through mid-wicket

11.5

Prasanna to Mahmudullah, no run, tossed up delivery, driven straight to extra cover

11.4

Prasanna to Mahmudullah, no run, full and drifting in. Mahmudullah dances down and almost yorks himself. Misses the clip and gets hit on the front pad

11.3

Prasanna to Mahmudullah, no run, slightly short and turning away, Mahmudullah hangs back and slightly squared up. Defends it into the off-side

11.2

Prasanna to Mahmudullah, 2 runs, full and sliding down, Mahmudullah laps it away to fine leg

Mahmudullah, right handed bat, comes to the crease

11.1

Prasanna to Shakib, out Caught by Gunaratne!! In the air and taken. It's the big fish - Shakib. Bangladesh now in deep trouble. It was a tossed up delivery wide outside off. Shakib is early into his booming drive after shimmying down and ends up slicing it off the outside part of the blade. Easiest of catches for Gunaratne at point. There wasn't turn there on that delivery. Shakib c Gunaratne b Prasanna 11(15)

Prasanna to Shakib, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

10.6

Gunaratne to Mosaddek Hossain, no run, width was offered outside off by Gunaratne. Saikat opens his bat face and dabs it straight to short third man

10.5

Gunaratne to Shakib, 1 run, Gunaratne shortens his length and Shakib backs away to punch it down to long-off

10.4

Gunaratne to Mosaddek Hossain, 1 run, waits for the ball to come to him does Saikat and nurdles it in front of square on the leg-side

10.3

Gunaratne to Shakib, 1 run, worked round the corner for an easy single

10.2

Gunaratne to Shakib, 2 runs, in the blockhole again, Shakib cracks the straight drive. Kapugedara at long-off sprints to his left, dives full length and saves two runs for his team

10.1

Gunaratne to Mosaddek Hossain, 1 run, very full outside off, driven along the ground to sweeper cover

9.6

Prasanna to Mosaddek Hossain, 1 run, veering in on middle. Nudged away. Dealing merely in singles at the moment

9.5

Prasanna to Mosaddek Hossain, no run, much quicker. Completely cramps Saikat up with the lack of room. All he can manage is keeping it out with a push

9.4

Prasanna to Shakib, 1 run, another sweep. Through a lazy dive from Malinga

9.3

Prasanna to Shakib, no run, pushes it back to the bowler, with a watchful vertical tap back

9.2

Prasanna to Shakib, 2 runs, a drilling sweep. Buries and mows it all along the carpet

9.1

Prasanna to Mosaddek Hossain, 1 run, gets the front leg across, inherits the line and puts his wrists to use in turning it around the corner

8.6

Gunaratne to Shakib, no run, on the fuller side again. With all the pace being taken off the ball. Another fielding off his own bowling with the ball being knocked back

8.5

Gunaratne to Shakib, no run, smashed back to the bowler. The full bat face being presented while doing so

8.4

Gunaratne to Mosaddek Hossain, 1 run, very full. Powered down to long-on

8.3

Gunaratne to Mosaddek Hossain, no run, a step forward and rolls it to mid-wicket

Mosaddek Hossain Saikat, right handed bat, comes to the crease

8.2

Gunaratne to Rahim, out Bowled!! Too cute. Too often. Looks to manufacture another one of his cheeky shots - this time the dilscoop. But with Gunaratne giving hardly anything on the ball in terms of pace, all Rahim could manage is exposing his stumps with his shuffle and watching the ball knock them out of their groove. Premeditates his doom. Rahim b Gunaratne 8(9) [4s-1]

Gunaratne to Rahim, THAT'S OUT!! Bowled!!

8.1

Gunaratne to Shakib, 1 run, stays low. A back footed trek to follow up the drill down to long-off

Gunaratne to Shakib, 1 run, grants it a bit more of the pace. Shakib uses it in getting off the mark with a squeeze down to long-off

6.3

Gunaratne to Shakib, no run, a low full toss on the pads. Turned away to short mid-wicket. Some very quiet balls being stolen here

6.2

Gunaratne to Rahim, 1 run, a loop on off. Whisks it down to long-on after being made to wait on his commit

6.1

Gunaratne to Rahim, no run, starts off with an off-cutter. Nipping in and gets Rahim to check his defence

Asela Gunaratne, right-arm medium, comes into the attack

5.6

Sanjaya to Rahim, leg byes, 1 run, full, on the legs. Off the pad around the corner

Shakib Al Hasan, left handed bat, comes to the crease

5.5

Sanjaya to Soumya Sarkar, out Caught by Thisara Perera!! One brings the other. Sarkar doesn't want to stay out long enough after his partner departs. Tries making room in smoking it over mid-off, all he does in the end is miscue without adjusting to the lack of pace. Balloons down the throat of long-on. Soumya Sarkar c Thisara Perera b Sanjaya 29(20) [4s-3 6s-1]

Sanjaya to Soumya Sarkar, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

5.4

Sanjaya to Soumya Sarkar, no run, another wide one. A slap, only to be mistimed back to the bowler

5.3

Sanjaya to Soumya Sarkar, no run, the wide yorker. An always go-to delivery. Sarkar opens his bat in looking to run it down. Misses

5.2

Sanjaya to Soumya Sarkar, no run, much tighter. That is what a wicket does to you. On the top of off and defended getting his entire body behind the line

Mushfiqur Rahim, right handed bat, comes to the crease

5.1

Sanjaya to S Rahman, out S Rahman Run Out!! The only way a wicket could be poached here. Some lack of judgement, sloppy running and in the end a bullet arm. Rahman just taps one out to cover, decides to chance his luck, and hares across. Prasanna though charges in like a cheetah, picks up and fires it at the non-striker's end. Rahman meanwhile tries changing his direction completely in avoiding the throw. Doesn't stretch properly either. Had to be short. S Rahman run out (Prasanna) 16(14) [4s-2]

Sanjaya to S Rahman, THAT'S OUT!! Run Out!!

Vikum Sanjaya [1.0-0-6-0] is back into the attack

4.6

Malinga to Soumya Sarkar, SIX, bites into the full toss. 17 off this Malinga over. A complete loss of radar here from him as well with the ball straying well down too. A swinging flick without bothering to keep it down. Rows over long leg

4.5

Malinga to S Rahman, 1 run, a mistimed swat off the inside edge to mid-on

4.4

Malinga to S Rahman, no run, is already standing covering his stumps. With a huge backlift waiting for the yorker. Gets just that and slams it powerfully as well. Mid-off is found to neutralize all the effort

4.4

Malinga to S Rahman, no ball, FOUR, the palm slipper. On the ribs, a high full toss, but Rahman isn't complaining. Adjusts and fends it away fine, very fine. A free-hit coming up as well. With a warning for Malinga

4.3

Malinga to Soumya Sarkar, 3 runs, is happy to keep making room and stabbing it through the off-side with an opened up bat. This time through point

4.2

Malinga to Soumya Sarkar, no run, back of a length on the body. Weaves past the edge of Sarkar looking to guide it away

4.1

Malinga to Soumya Sarkar, 2 runs, a wide slinging yorker. A steered run down to third man, who almost lets the ball slip through. Not before an extra run is pocketed

Lasith Malinga [1.0-0-6-1] is back into the attack

3.6

Kulasekara to Soumya Sarkar, 1 run, the obvious yorker. Jammed out but the single cannot be denied

3.5

Kulasekara to Soumya Sarkar, FOUR, tearing him apart here. Banks on his instincts in backing away and picks out the line from leg-stump in smoking it down the ground. A real whistler

3.4

Kulasekara to S Rahman, 1 run, a knock and a run. Places it softly towards a running in mid-wicket to get across to the other end

3.3

Kulasekara to S Rahman, FOUR, down and dispatched. With a gallop gets to the pitch of the delivery and gives his arms the room to free themselves while doing so as well. Slices it away in the air through the covers

3.2

Kulasekara to Soumya Sarkar, 1 run, puts his wrists to good use in flicking it just wide of a diving mid-on

Kulasekara to Soumya Sarkar, wide, sinks and attempts the fine slog. Before spotting the ball going down leg

2.6

Sanjaya to S Rahman, no run, much tighter. Right on the top of the sticks and given just the respect with a standing vertical batted block

2.5

Sanjaya to S Rahman, no run, nice gentle away curl. Over the wicket to the right hander and he just opens up his defence in the form of a push to cover

2.4

Sanjaya to Soumya Sarkar, 1 run, 127kph, angling in off a length. Wide enough for it to be guided off a cross bat face behind square

2.3

Sanjaya to Soumya Sarkar, FOUR, a juicy full toss. Bangladesh turning it on here. All the width as well for Sarkar to free his arms as he lofts his drive through extra cover. Pierces the fortress

2.2

Sanjaya to Soumya Sarkar, leg byes, FOUR, slinging onto the pads. From wide of the crease to start off with. Picked up and helped along with a nurdle off the boots. Very fine

2.1

Sanjaya to S Rahman, 1 run, an in the air chip. Fetches it off the pads and doesn't bother keeping his clip down. Safely to square leg

Vikum Sanjaya, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

1.6

Kulasekara to S Rahman, 1 run, lines himself up, uses the hint of with outside off and ramps his bat out in running it down to third man

1.5

Kulasekara to Soumya Sarkar, 1 run, slower one. Draws Sarkar into the shot early looking for the across the line heave. Misses all ends up with the ball taking the inside tickle to roll away past the stumps. All after a pad ricochet

1.4

Kulasekara to Soumya Sarkar, 2 runs, on a good length and slanting across. Steered away off an opened bat face through point

1.4

Kulasekara to Soumya Sarkar, wide, down leg. Well down. Past the glance as well

1.3

Kulasekara to Soumya Sarkar, FOUR, takes it on. Realizes there is no point hanging around and gives it the walking charge. Smashes it flat-batted over mid-wicket

1.2

Kulasekara to Soumya Sarkar, no run, a jumping appeal. With the angle starting from over the wicket the point of impact at the pitch was always the question. To ping Sarkar on the pad after going past his glance. Nah, you do not expect to get these in your favour

1.1

Kulasekara to S Rahman, 3 runs, veering in full on the legs. Clipped away through mid-wicket. Through a diving fielder

Nuwan Kulasekara, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

0.6

Malinga to Soumya Sarkar, no run, dropped. The action refuses to die down. Sarkar just about checks his drive at the very last moment. Done in for the lack of pace going with his push. Off the inside half of the bat as it pops out of the crouching Malinga. Got his hands low as well, but the centre of gravity takes him lower

0.5

Malinga to S Rahman, 1 run, the leading edge now. All his skills on employment here. Over 140kph and curling in sharply. A hurried close of the bat gropes the leading edge. In no man's land around cover

0.5

Malinga to S Rahman, 5 wides, flies over. Everybody. Nothing a half-fit KP behind the sticks could do about this one. With all of Malinga's pace he digs it in short and keeps gaining in elevation as it passes the ducking bat

0.4

Malinga to S Rahman, no run, keeps swinging it in. A very watchful shuffle across and a sturdy block

0.3

Malinga to S Rahman, no run, full again, on middle. Safely defended back

Sabbir Rahman, right handed bat, comes to the crease

0.2

Malinga to Tamim, out Bowled!! Welcome back. Resumes business as usual. A peach of a toe-crusher, the one we've been missing the most comes out and how. Right in the blockhole, pacy and full. Iqbal, has no time to move his feet with his bat going on the hopeful drive. Full-flowing and nowhere even near keeping it out. Gets some help from the overbalancing pad in imparting the direction. Uproots middle. Tamim b Malinga 0(2)

Malinga to Tamim, THAT'S OUT!! Bowled!!

0.1

Malinga to Tamim, no run, pace, swing and the full one to start off with. Gets Iqbal forward in the hope to drive but swings in just enough to rocket off the inside edge onto the toe

Tamim and Soumya Sarkar are at the crease. Tamim is on strike. Malinga will open the attack

The super-soppers have done their job. This is a daily occurrence at this time of the year. Okay, the fit again Malinga is set to roll. A wide slip in operation. Here we go..

19.20 local time: The rain has died down. Shouldn't take too long to dry up the ground as well for none of the drops could have percolated the plastic sheets. Half the covers are off too. Confirmed news coming in that we have a start at 19:45. No overs lost too.

19.00 local time: Spoke too soon. Just as Sri Lanka's national anthem ends, it begins to pour. Not drizzle. The players run in and the groundstaff out. The crowds, well they have nowhere to go. As is operation in this part of the world, the entire outfield is under covers too. We wait..

The players are out in a queue. With the national anthems being played out. The skies look pretty clear and dry at the moment. Let's hope they defy the odds to stay the same over the duration of this game.

Tharanga: "The toss doesn't seem all that important. The last few days have been dry so I do not think it should rain. We have a good chance with us today to reverse our record at this ground."

Mortaza: "We'd like to bat first. Looks like a good wicket and without any dew should be good for us to set up a big score first up. This T20 series is going to be my last for Bangladesh. Would like to thank the BCB, my family, friends and team mates who've been with me for 15-16 years."

"A hard pitch with an even covering of grass. All the opportunity for the batsmen to play their shots and look to score big. The par score should be around 175. The outfield is huge and it could come down to the quick legs that could do the trick," reckons Russel Arnold in his pitch report.

Breaking now: The toss has suddenly become interesting. A new destination to announce your retirement. Mashrafe Mortaza , the Bangladeshi skipper announces his retirement from T20Is after this series. He is only 33. Do track out site, all updates coming up for you out there.

Bangladesh have won the toss and have opted to bat

A customary plethora of changes for either side beckons. Sri Lanka appear to be happy going top heavy. Four openers, each just as destructive as the other, fighting to find a spot. More importantly, the slinga is back in his backyard. Not just the whole of Sri Lanka, the whole of Mumbai too would be rooting for those toe-crushing yorkers. Bangladesh on the other hand, playing just their second T20 series in over a year, would be licking their fingers as they test out their new recruits emerging on the back of the BPL. Everything to play for. Subject to the permission from the heavens in keeping things dry. At least for the next three hours. The toss, teams, pitch and everything to do with it coming your way in a bit..

18.00 local time: We've seen an entire month of cricket and not a hint of evidence to show who has their noses ahead. We are now at the historic Premadasa. Very typically Sri Lankan. So how could the unwanted clouds be far away? But we've been promised some amount of action in the next few hours. And the series desperately needs it, both sides desperately need it to bag the right to boast. As the entire world switches to the shorter version, here we are with the first of the two T20s to end the season. Welcome..

By Rex Clementine

Sri Lanka are perhaps going through their toughest phase in cricket since being granted full member status of the International Cricket Council in 1981. Several high profile retirements over the last two years has seen a steady decline of the Sri Lankan team. They were whitewashed 3-0 in Tests and 5-0 in the One-Day Internationals when they toured South Africa in December. Then Bangladesh recorded their maiden Test win over them with a stunning four-wicket victory in Colombo. The hosts could only square the three-match ODI series 1-1 after the second game was washed out. However, in T20s, the Sri Lankans have some momentum with series wins in Australia and South Africa in the last two months.

Bangladesh have had fewer opportunities in T20 cricket. Since the ICC World Twenty20 in India last year, they only played one series in the shortest form of the game. The Sri Lankans, meanwhile, played four series in that period. The highly successful Bangladesh Premier League has given the Bangladeshi players much needed exposure in T20s with an opportunity rub shoulders with some of the finest players in the game. Lack of a solid domestic T20 competition has hurt the Sri Lankans, but there are efforts to identify players who are suited for this fast-paced game.

Dinesh Chandimal, Kusal Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva, batsmen who were part of the squad that won the series in South Africa, have been left out while Shehan Jayasuriya, Danushka Gunathilaka and Thisara Perera, perhaps players with a better T20 mindset have been included.

Both games will be played at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. The Sri Lankans have a horrendous record at the ground; ten losses in the 11 games they have played there, including a World T20 final in 2012. Often the hosts have cracked under pressure here with massive numbers turning up for the game. A sell-out crowd is expected on Tuesday (April 4).

What to expect: Colombo?s weather has been dodgy in the past two weeks. The game could be affected by rain.

Team news:

Wicketkeeper-batsman Kusal Perera, who missed out the ODI series due to a hamstring injury, underwent a fitness test on Monday and was declared fit. There are couple of batting positions up for grabs and Gunathilaka is expected to fit in the top order. Jayasuriya is in Bangladesh representing Sri Lanka Under-23 in the Asian Cricket Council Emerging Teams Cup. He will be only available for the second game on Thursday.

Bangladesh have included uncapped 20-year-old all-rounder Mohammad Saifuddin in their squad.

What they said:

?In this format maybe Sri Lanka is a better team. But the T20 format is such that, on a given day you cannot say what will happen or who will beat whom. Sri Lanka beating Australia with this young team is hard to believe, but anything is possible. We will play our best, and I believe that the boys are upbeat.?Khaled Mahmud, Bangladesh's Manager.

?After the 2015 World Cup we didn?t play well ? we lost quite a few series. But as players we?re in a decent mental state. There were shortcomings on our end. But we have to take strength from the way we played the last ODI, and especially the way we fielded there. That?s what we?ve got to keep doing. On the batting front, we?ve got to be consistent in getting those runs as well, and that has to carry over to the T20 format.? Upul Tharanga, Sri Lanka captain.